What is the difference between palm oil and rapeseed oil?

DATE：2016-03-09 17:18/ FAQ/ Chat Online

Red palm oil extracted from palm fruit

Palm oil is an edible vegetable fat found in a plant source, derived from the reddish pulp of the fruit of the oil palms. Palm oil is naturally reddish in colour due to its high source of Provitamin A. This oil is commonly used for cooking due to its high saturation (oxidative stability) of the refined product when you use it for frying. Palm oil is one of the few highly saturated vegetable fats and does not contain cholesterol, although saturated fat intake does increase a person’s LDL and HDL cholesterol. Palm oil is found in many processed foods. There has been many tests done on the health benefits of palm oil and it has been found that there are health benefits, which include; the increase in good cholesterol and reducing bad cholesterol.

Rapeseed oil is one of the most widely consumed vegetable oils and it is extracted from the seeds of the rapeseed. This oil is also found in a wide variety of processed foods, it is mostly used for frying and baking.